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• Redwater ISD Receives 2020 National Blue Ribbon Honors

  All campuses nominated by TEA in February were awarded this prestigious designation

• Harvesting Hope, One Food Box at a Time

  Food Bank to Host Fourth Drive-Thru Mobile Pantry Event

• University of Arkansas lifts testing requirements for 2021

  (AP) — The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has decided to change some testing requirements to give prospective freshman more options for enrollment next year.

• Republicans sue Texas governor over expanded early voting

  Gov. Greg Abbott, who has refused calls to expand mail-in voting in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, was sued Wednesday by prominent members of his own party who now want to halt the biggest change he instead ordered for November’s election — extending early voting by a week.

• Lawsuit filed over Arkansas absentee ballot rejections

  A lawsuit filed Tuesday asks a federal judge to require Arkansas election officials to give absentee voters a chance to correct their ballots before they’re rejected due to signature issues.

• Texas Voters Need to Register by Oct. 5 for November Election

  It typically takes less than five minutes to register to vote, but the pandemic has made it harder to reach first-time voters. That's why MOVE Texas plans to call 100,000 unregistered voters as part of Tuesday's National Voter Registration Day.